Wyeast 3638 Bavarian Wheat

Ice Pack

Helps extend the time that the yeast stays cool in transit. Cool temperatures help keep the viability of the yeast higher which in turns leads to faster fermentation start times and better beer. The Insulated shipper helps the ice last much longer, however neither option will ensure your yeast stays cool the entire trip.

Yeast Nutrient

Keep your yeast healthy and happy with the nutrients it needs to make great beer! Yeast nutrients help prevent off-flavors, decrease fermentation time, and increase alcohol potential. Nutrients are especially important when making high gravity beers.

Yeast Starter Kit

Yeast starters offer higher cell counts at the time the yeast is pitched, leading to faster, healthier fermentations and better tasting beer! A higher cell count is especially important for lagers and high gravity beers.

A complex alternative to the standard German wheat strain profile. This strain produces apple, pear, and plum esters in addition to the dominant banana character. The esters are complemented nicely by clove and subtle vanilla phenolics. The balance can be manipulated towards ester production through increasing fermentation temperature, increasing the wort density, and decreasing the pitch rate. Over pitching can result in a near complete loss of banana character. Decreasing the ester level will allow a higher clove character to be perceived. Sulfur is commonly produced, but will dissipate with conditioning. This strain is very powdery and will remain in suspension for an extended amount of time following attenuation. This is true top cropping yeast and requires fermenter headspace of 33%.

This is my favorite weizen yeast. It produces wonderful clove phenolics with subtler fruit (banana) esters. Great in both traditional and dunkel- weizen. I won my homebrew club's dunkelweizen competition with this yeast. Powerful fermentation character with a 68 degree fermentation. Leaves a hazy beer, but that's what the style is all about.